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About Silbhaji Village

Silbhaji is a small village in Gossaigaon tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 157 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.16 hectares hectares.

Silbhaji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silbhaji village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhubri
Tehsil Gossaigaon
Area (hectares) 106.16 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 157
Female Population 155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silbhaji compares

By the 2011 count Silbhaji is the 268th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 920 residents. Its 106.16 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Silbhaji

The census records public bus service for Silbhaji as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silbhaji from other places

Silbhaji lies about 51 km from Dhubri, and the nearest railway station is Gossaigaon Hat, about 5.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Silbhaji
Tehsil headquarters Gossaigaon 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Gossaigaon Hat 5.7 km
Nearest town Kokrajhar 29 km
District headquarters Dhubri 51 km

Villages closest to Silbhaji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gossaigaon tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Silbhaji

As per the Census of India 2011, Silbhaji village had a population of 312. That makes it the 268th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 920 residents.

Silbhaji village has 157 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silbhaji has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Silbhaji covers 106.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silbhaji falls under Gossaigaon tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Silbhaji is Gossaigaon Hat, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Silbhaji.

Silbhaji is about 51 km from Dhubri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silbhaji is in Gossaigaon tehsil of Dhubri district. Gossaigaon is about 5.3 km away. Gossaigaon Hat is about 5.7 km away. Kokrajhar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ballimari (under 2 km), Dhauliguri (under 2 km) and Saljuri No 1 (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silbhaji today is likely to be higher.

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